My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.

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Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?

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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.

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The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear.

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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.

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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

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The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?

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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

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The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

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But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

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